[NOVEL] The Fire in the Glass by Jacquelyn Benson

This is going to be ranty. Because it feels "fresh", you know when you are aware it's someone's first book maybe?

(note: the series is getting new covers, but they're not revealed yet, I will add it when they become available)

London, 1914. Lily’s visions could stop a killer… if she’ll trust a reclusive aristocrat with her darkest secret.

A monster stalks the gaslit streets of Edwardian London, draining the blood of the city’s mediums. Lily Albright knows who’s next.

Lily is plagued by visions of the future she can never change. When a mysterious fiend threatens someone she loves, she’s determined this time will be different.

But she can’t do it alone. To save a life, Lily must reveal her darkest secrets to someone she has little reason to trust—the reclusive Lord Strangford, a man haunted by his own unusual powers.

From the glittering galleries of Bond Street to the rookeries of Southwark, Lily and Strangford plunge into a dark conspiracy that lies at the heart of England’s rising eugenics movement. To thwart it, Lily must face a past rife with betrayal—and embrace the power she has spent her entire life trying to escape.

The Charismatics. Book 1

Initially, I stumbled upon Jacquelyn Benson and her Raiders of Arcana series, which I came to love a lot. But the third book in the series, Arrow of Fortune, is coming out November this year, so there is still time to wait.

But I was aware that Jacquelyn finished The Charismatics series first and it always picked my interest to find out more about them. The first book been pending for a long time and these days I decided to make a pause in reading the previous series and give it a go.

After reading I have quite few moments that got to me. In general it was a fine read though. It is heavier in topics than adventurous Raiders, so I'm not sure I would like to continue with the series any time soon.

The story is about young woman Lily, she has a gift to see the future, considers it like a curse, because since childhood she could not prevent any of the events she foresaw. Living almost like an isolated soul she had but one friend, an older woman who is a medium for a living. And who knew if the woman was gifted as well, or just used some props.

The London is shrouded in the mystery of murders of mediums. Several women were found in their beds, but fully drained of blood. But the rooms were closed from the inside. Thus the tails of vampires emerged in papers.

In one of her visions Lily sees her only friend being a victim of this "monster", but she does not see enough to identify the attacker. She has no idea what to do with the vision, because she couldn't stop any of the fateful tragedies in her past, so she is not certain she can overcome the fate this time.

The medium friend instead takes her to a strange masion of an elderly man, Mr. Ash, where she hears the story of her not being alone in this world, that there are others gifted like her - charismatics.

At first Lily dismisses this rant, she can't trust anyone at this point, but will soon find herself being helped by people from this house called The Refuge. And face the fear that her gift brought her.

What at first was mysterious slowly becomes apparently just someone's plan with a goal in mind to change humanity.

This is where my rant comes in. Because I had few instances when I wanted to shake Lily and say - why you dismissed your ideas and hunches? You basically have everything you need!

Only because Lily, the FMC of this book, had quite a lead in her hands, but she dismissed it as her being too "paranoid". While at other times she relied on her hunches a lot. And I don't talk about her first assumption she made about a certain man. I'm talking how she was quite deep into investigation and she had information about this man which at least will tie him to the on-going murders. Almost the entire book was like - need mroe evidence, more evidence. Not the type that will put the man behind bars, but just to fully comprehend why he does what he does.

Also, funny fact, if she listened to her hunch and just asked Strangford to use his power on a certain individual at the evry beginning the book would be over too soon.

Another side that I was like - well, okay - is the description of Lily's emotional struggle about her power. Of course it sucks if you know what is going to happen and can't prevent it. But honestly she was a little girl when things happened (if we follow the timeline), she can't have mature means to stop anything, it's only later we find more about the core of her guilt is not only about her mother, but an innocent life that was not in initial picture she saw. Her behavior of isolation from others as a result is understandable and even her actions of saving that one woman / friend / medium (though we have no idea why she cares about her so much, it never got deep enough) can be explained, since it's the first friend she made after a long time. But it had more of her feeling of fear instead of why she feared to me, or I was too stressed when reading and missed it. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, she also has daddy issues. 

But why I want to rant needs the mention of few things that are SPOILERS. So without further ado.

[NOVEL] A Treacherous Performance by Lynn Messina

Having inexplicably nabbed the Duke of Kesgrave, twenty-six-year-old spinster Beatrice Hyde-Clare is determined to marry him at once.

No amount of handwringing from anxious family members, worried friends and well-meaning acquaintances will convince her to delay. Except… maybe she is a little swayed by her uncle’s efforts to make amends for treating her with cold indifference during her childhood.

And her aunt’s concern about the growing scandal around her unfortunate habit of unmasking murderers in the middle of society events isn’t entirely unfounded.

And then there’s the truly unfathomable appearance on her doorstep of the former Miss Brougham, the spiteful heiress whose cruel taunts derailed Bea’s social career. Remarkably, the society matron has a mystery to solve and knows Bea is the only person who can help her. A dead grandfather, a missing jewel, a cryptic letter, an opportunity to condescend to her archnemesis—the case seems simple enough.

And yet somehow it all goes terribly, horribly wrong.

Beatrice Hyde-Clare. Book 5

And we're on book 5 already.

Once again not spoiling anything from the book but I must say the plot is actually quite connected to the title of the book, no matter how dramatic they sound.

Investigation-wise this books takes a sharp turn in a while, which was unexpected.

Later we enter the more tedious part of seeking the truth, but maybe because the first part was like that, this section feels slower. And the culmination is such a big irony.

And also full of self-righteous and self-absorbed characters, like previous books. But it felt like it reached a whole new level.

Leaving the investigation aside, let it be mystery, the biggest part for me is the continuous growth of Bea. She is not the most confident person out there. And it is understandable, she lived like that for two decades and any liveliness she might have had before arriving at her uncle's house was chipped off with years of brainwashing. Meanwhile she is not a beauty so she could at least have something in her pocket, which did not help improve her confidence as well. She is reminded about it time and time again by her relations and the ton.

But because she refused to go down at the most critical moment of her life in silence she talked to Kesgrave. In comparison other things that made her fearful paled in comparison.

She still has problems becaue it's hard to re-build yourself and she acknowledges them and tries to defeat them. And you can see her changes, not only she challenges Damien almost on a daily basis, but she became more adept to the ton.

Damien is quite helpful in her journey, because for the world he is very high above the cloud, such a long lineage, such a wealthy family, such a handsome man. But he talks to her like an equal, is respectful, loving, supportive. He understands her and loves her the way she is.

When you see couples where one of the two helps their partner improve I think we have a similar case here. At first the gap between them did nto allow Bea even fantasize about anything with Damien, but now she strives to be better, whatever that means.

Honestly, the way their relationship evolved, considering that Damien is not a bigger presence, he is not the one who investigates, he mostly helps, but he manages to make his presence felt.

But the characters in these books, they leave me speechless, I honestly think there is some sort of irony at work. For example Bea is of ordinary appearance, but she is still "special" that type of cliche. Damine noticed her because she is "not like others". The ton is also full of different people, sometimes they are more unhinged than anyone and FMC + MMC are two most sane characters.

What should be noted when binge-readin this, because the books came out once a year the author gives a sort of recap on events, not really extensive, but somewhere along the line it may appear. I do not think it's necessary, but when I saw someone talking that they have difficulty remembering the plot (to each their own, I don't judge since in a year or two my memory will wipe out a lot of what I read, especially details) I realized not everything can be remembered and it's not done in greater and more tedious details.

RATE: 4/5.

[Historical Romance] Bad Luck Bride by Laura Lee Guhrke

Third time’s a charm? For Lady Kay Matheson, it had better be. Her first engagement was a failed elopement; the second ruined by gossip about the first. Resigned to be a disgraced spinster, no one is more surprised than Kay when an American millionaire offers for her hand. Just when she’s convinced she will finally make it down the aisle, the scoundrel who broke her heart arrives with his own fiancée.

Devlin Sharpe has finally become a success. He has wealth, connections, and a lovely bride-to-be—and he won’t let an old flame derail all his hard work. But it turns out time has not dampened his grudge toward Kay—or the desire sparking between them. And one searing kiss threatens to ruin their wedding plans and their futures, and make Kay the bad-luck bride all over again.

Scandal at the Savoy. Book 3

I finally finished it. Not because it was a bad book to follow, I just started it when I was not in the best state, but because I was so caught up in the Hyde-Clare mystery these couple of days the pending Bad Luck Bride was simply glaring at me accusingly.

Kay and Devlin are sort of fated lovers that have a story about them. After the failed elopement Kay was sent away, far from gossiping crowd (not really), while Sharpe was under the impression that they still have a future and he is about to prove it.

But it's not fate that prevents them from reuniting, but a coy plan of Kay's father, who lulled Devlin into submission when the young man promised to succeed he agreed to receive a loan from Kay's father and Kay was left under the impression and persuasion of her parent that Devlin actually left her for money.

Plan worked and the lovers kept living under the wrong impression for years.

Devlin wrote to her, she never received his letters and vice versa.

Later when Devlin saw the news of Kay's engagement it was the moment he finally accepted the fact that Kay may not have wanted him and chose a future of financial stability.

This type of misunderstanding was sizzling for 14 years.

Becoming almost a damaged goods and pariah, Kay and her family denied the rumors that ruined her second engagement and as teh synopsis said - third time's a charm. She is approached by a wealthy American when her family is in dire straits. Very familiar plot when American millionaires married English aristocracy that was in financial decline due to overall changes.

But is it a marriage that she wants?

She sees stability in this marriage, maybe some sort of affection. But to drive the narrative this man is actually the simile of her late father, same authoritative.

From another side Devlin has been a successful businessman, having several hotels in different cities. Now he wanted to settle down and forget the past for real. But meeting Kay again proved him wrong, the fact is that strong feelings were much alive and desire and hate co-existed.

When they met this time they both were seething with emotions.

But this also became their second chance.

Although misunderstanding was eventually resolved, the fact that both were engaged to different people still stayed. Even if they both felt more unsettling the more the date grew closer.

The engagements were broken in an interesting way though.

And Kay finds herself in predicament again. Though she did not do anything completely wrong an dpublic, but considering her backstory she was the one who was dragged by gossip papers the most.

Yet she did not accept the easy way out when Devlin (who already knew what he wanted) proposed.

I'm not sure I completely agree with her short employment because as you can guess the two decided eventually that they love each other and they will be together. I understand her desire to showcase her self-worth, instead of being constantly manipulated by men in her life. Maybe my desire lies solely that I wanted this part to be expanded. I mean to me I think Devlin loves her enough she wouldn't need to ask he would let her stand side by side and involve her (this is what I assume their future might be). Her short employment involves becoming Delia's aide before they are resolved to commit to the life together. It kinda cheapened the effect of what she wanted from that employment. I realise that it may be hard to showcase your worth near a man, but Delia (FMC of book 2) works as a general manager of the new hotel, so she is the ruling person over this small kingdom and she is a great example. This is the only part that got to me a little.

Can't deny that because I read Scandal of the Year by LLG before this one, which also had some of the elements, like fated lovers, second chance, looking back at the past to explain the love etc. I had the sense of deja vu. I don't want to put a high hat on this novel and say they're the same, they're not, it just coincided like that.

It's a solid work. 

RATE: 4/5.

[NOVEL] A Nefarious Engagement by Lynn Messina

Having long abandoned any hope of making a match, twenty-six-year-old Beatrice Hyde-Clare finds herself a little overwhelmed by her engagement to the Duke of Kesgrave.

Cloying society matrons clamor for her attention while her aunt reels off an endless list of servants she will have to oversee. Even the most intrepid female would quake at the prospect of managing eight footmen!

Fortunately, Bea knows the perfect distraction—an intriguing mystery—and pays a call on the Countess of Abercrombie, who had promised her that very thing only the evening before.

But her ladyship is reluctant to discuss the details with a newly minted duchess-to-be, and it dawns on Bea that the investigation cuts closer to home than she could have ever imagined. Because this time the murder victims are her own mother and father, who had died twenty years before in a seemingly straightforward boating accident.

Alas, nothing is straightforward, and as Bea digs into her past, she discovers with growing horror that she has no more idea how to be a daughter than she does a duchess.

Beatrice Hyde-Clare. Book 4

Well, I really couldn't stop. Don't know where will we go from here, but these four books in a way serve as a complete set. Maybe because details no matter how small become connected.

From the previous books (Book 2) we get to know Lady Abercombie, who claims to be a very good friend of her mother. The reason why she never sought her friend's daughter has been grief for her friend's early death.

But by Book 4 Lady Abercombie re-read Clara's letters (Bea's mom name) she found them concerning and might have been warning signs instead of a presentation of theatrics. Only by recollecting these events through letters the widow thought that there is something more to the death of Hyde-Clare couple.

Although Bea's situation changed due to her engagement to the man she loves, she can't get away from the feeling of certain expectations her new status demands of her. But despite all that she still proseeds with investigation.

Through communication with different people she slowly pieces together the truth, but is it the real truth? Because it felt like everyone had a different version. They own perception of teh truth.

Must admit in general the tone this book had is heavier than previous ones, especially because it is so personal and connected to Bea's parents, but to think what really happened to them is quite devastating.

Damien is not present in this book, not because they had a conflict, on the contrary I fall in love with their pair more and more, they are so good together and he is so fitting for her, even if you think they actually don't know much about each other's lives prior to their meeting and even love. The reason is simple, while Bea is conflicted Damien had his own reasons to wait for her to tell him herself, he is perfect because he would never say no to her no matter how many insecurities she's riddled with.

Oh yeah, how can I not mention the Aunt Vera. At the peak of my dissatisfaction with her she actually reveals her motivation, and althought it serves as her "justification" it does not earn my forgiveness of her, even if Bea is not mad at them. From another point this woman who thought of herself as smart realized she lived with misconception for 20 years.

The next book involves a person who is responsible for the majority of Bea's failures when she just had her first season. I kinda love that this series of books involves people already mentioned instead of creating something completely different with characters unknown. 

And Bea and Damien are not married yet!

And now everyone knows that she has a tendency to solve mysteries.

RATE: 5/5.

[TV] AnnE with an E (Seaons 1, 2, 3)

As a result I binged the whole show.

I have never read the books and not really going to. While I did see for a short summary and one details in it made me certain in my determination.

SEASON 1

I think this one is truly the most depressing. From initial problems to being not accepted at school or in general. The prejudice. The difficulties of their situation and how they overcame it. Interspersed with Anne's flashbacks of her life in orphanage, which was far from ideal. Even the current interest of Gilbert serves her poorly because so far it's a girl's code if one liked the boy earlier than others keep their hands of him. And Anne is scared to lose the friendship once again.

But the show does not allow you to sink in too deep (though I admit I weeped a lot) it still gives you the feeling of hope and you are touched by the feelings of this family.

Again, I'm happy they did not follow the book.

SEASON 2

The golden rush scam was something. It actually was a very real thing, but also allowed many scams to happen. It's a good lesson on greed, because Green Gables is the only place that did not invest, they only overcame their previous financial crisis and were content with what they have now.

Although Anne tried to inform others of the possible scam, but she is just a little girl who nobody listened to, before it became too late.

Because Gilbert's dad passed away in season 1, Gilbert decided to follow his heart and travel for now, where he befriends Bash. They follow to Trinidad and in a while they decide to go back to Avonlea, Gilbert takes Bash with him.

Unlike the first season this one is more tame on drama (the tormenting emotional one).

The ones that happened involved Cole, who is an aspiring artist at heart. He does not belong to Avonlea and you are happy for him to find home at aunt Josephine house.

Aunt Josephine is a remarkable character actually, she appears for the first time when Minny May is sick and Anne saves her. Anne finds Josephine as confidante and a friend later on. Jospehine is now alone and finds solace in helping young people.

I think this is one of the few examples where I didn't mind the topics of sexuality or race brought up.

Like the party that Josephine holds in the memory of her beloved, for young people it was a window to peek at the whole new world that is outside of Avonlea, which opened doors to possibilities for Cole and Anne and even Diane, who was shocked to figure out the truth about her aunt, but later accepted it and looked closer at her own life and future goals. After all her family is one of those who truly suffered in the gold rush scheme.

What was very satisfying is that their teacher and his ugly mustache disappeared from their school after he was left at the altar by Priscilla. Who I think saved herself from hellhole, as we know that teacher is the closet gay who denies himself. And also he acted so inappropriately with his own student that it was gross.

He is replaced with a female teacher who is a complete opposite, she strives to make her students more knowledgable and better. But she is also unconventional.

Their small team that thinks of a way to help her stay after an accident reminds me of another team of kids, a story was how they helped others.

SEASON 3

The final season starts when Anne approaches her 16th birthday. But now she has a family, yet she is mature enough to long for knowledge about her parents, which becomes one of the major plotlines. For that she asks Matthew and Marilla to help. Marilla is conflicted, because she is afraid of what the effect of this trip and knowledge might be, because Anne became so dear to her and she is afraid. This is why she acts more agressively, which pushes Anne away.

Anne fears stem from the meeting with the matron and witnessing two young kids being dropped at an orphanage because parents can't feed them, but in case kids grow up and ask where are the parents the orphanage can use an excuse that they died, it deeply hurt Anne to think her parents could have done the same, before she found proof of the opposite. She eventually was brought a book found by Marilla and Matthew which contained Anne's mother's writing. With that she had her own closure.

Gilbert has his own troubles, because of what happened in Trinidad he decided to become a doctor, he tried to study and visit the doctor for apprenticeship where he meets a young woman he feels attracted to, he is oblivious to his feelings for Anne (one of the tropes I dont like) and Anne and him follow a path of misunderstanding later on. Because she keeps up making her mind and later seeing him in the company of another young woman hits her hard. Anne really is prone to dramatics. Her love for him grows stronger, but her confidence is not.

But the actor playing Gilbert and his eyebrows, after all they went through it's a touching moment to see how he was enlightened in that exact second and looked so smitten.

But again Anne managed to spoil the moment and in the end it dragged their small misunderstanding for some time before being finally resolved. It's not like they would never see each other, but the idea of time separating them again was frightening.

While I started the season with a phrase "Gilbert, you're disappointing me" since he chose a woman who resembled Anne in her nature. But then I ended the season with "Gilbert, you've been redeemed" because he did not choose a "good for him" path of convenience, instead he stayed true to his heart. They would have united earlier is.. Anne was not prone to dramatics (tearing his letter in response to her letter being unanswered, which he never saw actually).

Actually many of the characters had their own storylines which brought up many topics for discussion. You could see many of them meeting with different obstacles and their own way of overcoming them.

One of the main was and stayed the friendship between Diane and Anne, which was so nice. 

The only line which stayed a mystery to me was the story of Ka'kwet. The way her line ended was more foreboding than hopeful. Maybe it was intentional, since you can't expect Anne to be some kind of superhero to free all the children from that fearful establishment. How could she know what that place would be when it was first brought up. The more I thought about it the more I thought it was meant to be intentional. Even the fact that Ka'kwet escaped and was returned.

But the overall ending I think was done great, it is not the usuall "and they lived happily ever after", but it gave me the feeling of - they are happy now and they have so many possibilities ahead of them.

It's hopeful.

[NOVEL] An Infamous Betrayal by Lynn Messina

Having solved the two murders that somehow fell in her path, Beatrice Hyde-Clare is on the lookout for a third.

Through a absurd quirk of stupid fate, the shy spinster has fallen in love with the thoroughly unattainable Duke of Kesgrave and is desperate for something, anything, to occupy her mind. A dead body would do nicely. Fortunately for her, a fellow guest from a Lake District house party appears on her doorstep with exactly that: the lover of his fiancée's mother expired after a wretchedly painful episode just that morning in an apparent poisoning.

As unorthodox as it is, he would like Bea to investigate rather than calling the authorities. Bea begins her inquiry into Mr. Wilson's death at once and almost immediately finds herself in the company of Kesgrave, who is as determined as ever to assist her.

'Twas patently unfair, for the whole point of the investigation was to get away from the handsome lord. Now Bea is faced with the daunting challenge of exposing the villain without revealing her heart.

Beatrice Hyde-Clare. Book 3

Okay, I wasn't planning to it be a chain-reading of the series, but so far it happened to be like that.

And what can I do these books are short and can be finished quickly, but they have their own perks. Especially when they become kinda connected, which is a nice touch.

The victim of this book is the lover of Mrs Otley (whose husband was the victim of the first book) - Mr Wilson. He died of poisoning.

Maybe it's because it's the cozy mystery type of story, but the plot about investigation is not overly complicated, but simple and precise. There's a charm in it.

It's not like it's completely simplistic too, because Bea may come to the wrong conclusion before something inspires her to think of the solution. But maybe it's the circumstances or some details that allowed to narrow down the list of suspects.

For example, the first book had a limited number of people in the guest list and by drawing the line between those who could wish the person harm or had the motivation could be found. So there was no need to find someone else (like Bea went on a tangent) you had to find the perpetrator among the guests. In the second book the lead was the oddly-shaped knife which the victim wore as a fashion item, which was a very direct lead, otherwise Bea would not even get involved in this case at all. It allowed her to find the story of the knife and follow the lead of this knife's fate. While in the third book the obvious detail is the snuff box with a specific blend, which also can provide the lead.

But the way these plots are connected more you need to see for yourself. I thought it's a simple yet nice touch.

The other big progress is the relationship, good thing they didn't let me wait for long, because I'm happy how it tured out. Our two lovebirds get together by the end of it. Happy for them.

As for her other relationships, Flora strikes you as an interesting cousin, at least she is daring enough to help Bea at least by covering up, also she does not believe in many of Bea's excuses.

As for the infamous auntie, the more Bea tries to open up, the more people she came across express their goodwill the more Aunt Vera's preaching comes across as completely inappropriate and borderline abusive. She was not before so prominent before, but the more it is so contrasting to Bea's state of mind when she finds herself not worthy of Kesgrave less and less you can handle her auntie who is the epitome of dullness and good manners and rules that never end and she always will be the first to point out that Bea aims too high (with the duke). It's unlikely that she will ever change. There is something ignorant and cruel in her conduct. But honestly she strikes me also as vain, because she kinda used Kesgrave's attention to Bea to her advances, since Kesgrave visited her multiple times when she was not available. So she is not so blameless after all. But then she goes and tells Bea not to impose herself on the duke, while she used the above-mentioned duke in such a way.

I mean it's kinda what it is that this Aunt Vera is the sole character that gets such a visceral reaction from me. I say it because it was not as apparent as in the first book, or maybe it was actually, maybe I had no idea how to react to her because Bea herself was not mad at her relations. When one would want to hurl something into Aunt Vera's face. This is what this woman deserves when she openly says that Bea's place is right behind a fig tree, the bushier the shrubbery the better so she can become one with a wall and the best partner for her is someone of lower origins, who is okay with someone like her, while her countenance is something this Aunt is solely responsible for.

Honestly, you feel happy for Bea having new acquaintances and people who are livelier than her household and do not diminish her in every word that sounds quite mean.

The fourth book in the series picks up on something that was mentioned not once - Bea's parents. We know she knows little of them because her aunt and uncle basically don't speak of her parents. Until she met the Countess Abercombie in the second book, who we later find out knew her mother and this is the connection between the present and the past.

Convenience! I know.

RATE: 5/5.

[ANIMATION] KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

Damn that was such an enjoyable, fast and easy watch. I haven't felt like this in a long time, no wonder the hype is so high. There is no fancy storyline, everything is simple and relatable, plus it came out among the ever growing hype over kpop during these years. 

We always had girls fighting demons, I mean look at Sailor Moon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and others. But each generation had its own perks, right?

Here we have a half-demon girl Rumi and her teammates Mira and Zoye who bear the important burden of demon hunters, each generation chooses three girls to send the message and seal the barrier and slay demons. Pretty easy setting.

And then we have Jinu who has a plan how to take over demon hunters, not by force but by tactic, this is why Saja Boys, a demon boy group appeared and topped the charts. Charming many fans to their side.

But girls can't fight openly and always fall short one step behind.

Rumi's insecurities as a half-demon are also used against her, but when the most critical moment came it was her who reversed the situation.

I kinda like the idea that the girl processed it herself when her half-demon nature was exposed to her teammates, they surely cared for her and wouldn't harm her, but the betrayal was real. This is why they united again and became stronger than ever.

I also like the double-sided meaning you can apply to this movie which showcases the idol power over people, that it can be used for good or for something bad. Which is also an ongoing topic among fans, because there are a lot of rational and just supportive fans, but any fandom has a toxiv group to a varying degree.

Story would not be a story without a bit of romance and the fruit won't be so tasty if it does not have a bit of forbidden taste. Since Rumi and Jinu are on different sides.

I honestly liked the ending when Jinu could finally do something good. I'm sure a lot of people weeped for him and wish for a sequel when Rumi saves the guy. Honestly I'd watched a sequel or something, but I hope they won't start milking it too much and ruin the initial intention.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, this movie would not do without the MVP - DERPY!!!!

If you have a character who is so loved you're already successful. Because this precious creature is so cute. I know it is from Korean folklore, but Derpy and Sussy with his little hat!

It's a bit of a tangent but I watched a "how it's made" type of video on YT how those hats are made, I was always curios! And it's woven from horse hair omg! It's all handmade and so much work with all the gluing and stiffing and heating and shaping and painting. Crazy amount of work and skill goes into making one.

It's fun how we're all united and find Derpy so precious that we want more of him and will not allow anything to happen to this lovely creature.

10/10 would recommend anyone who haven't watched it yet, but I'm sure I'm late to the whole party, it feels like this swept the world.